# Commercial Philosophy: Science or Religion?

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, Philosophy
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/commercial-philosophy-science-or-religion)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

There are two types of people in the world - those who believe in markets and those who don't. Debate on the role of markets in society has taken on religious attributes. Saints or crooks? Public sector versus private sector? Rawls or Nozick: liberty or distribution? Regulated versus unregulated? Surely there is a gap in the middle for a more scientific approach to commerce, but what might it look like and shall it arrive in time?

## Lectures

1. [Commercial Philosophy: Science or Religion?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/commercial-philosophy-science-or-religion/ad5619d3a173) (YouTube)